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Byron C. Jaeger

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Statistical analysis:

Statistical / Machine learning:

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Byron C. Jaeger

I am an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and work in the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

My research focuses on blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and machine learning.

Education

PhD, Biostatistics

Gilling’s School of Global Public Health

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

2017 - 2012

BS, Mathematics

Furman University

Greenville, South Carolina

2012 - 2008

  • Thesis: Modeling three-dimensional pathways for the Tsunami Bar
  • Honors: Recipient of DeLany Medal for Excellence in Mathematics

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

Present - 2017

  • Investigating mechanisms of cardiovascular disease and hypertension
  • developing machine learning algorithms to identify who may benefit from initiating antihypertensive medications

Adjunct Professor of Statistics

North Carolina Central University

Durham, North Carolina

2017 - 2016

Undergraduate and graduate instructor in biostatistics and statistical learning

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Gilling’s School of Global Public Health

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

2017 - 2014

  • Intro to Biostatistics and Longitudinal Data Analysis
  • Statistics Tutor, School of Nursing

Graduate Research Assistant

Gilling’s School of Global Public Health

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

2017 - 2012

Teaching Experience

BST 680: Introduction to R

University of Alabama at Birmingham

N/A

Present - 2017

  • Students develop core competencies in data analysis (import, clean, transform, visualize, and tabulate) using R.
  • Course structure promotes interactive lectures and group exercises.
  • Final exam: a comprehensive research project using R markdown.

BST 765: Advanced computational methods

University of Alabama at Birmingham

N/A

Present - 2020

  • Introduction to computational techniques such as simulation studies, bootstrapping, cross-validation, permutations, and Gibbs sampling.
  • Co-instructor with Dr. Charles Katholi

Publications

Reasons for Uncontrolled Blood Pressure Among US Adults: Data From the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

S Sakhuja, CL Colvin, OP Akinyelure, BC Jaeger, K Foti, S Oparil, ….
Hypertension, 78 (5), 1567-1576

N/A

2021

  • Citations: 0
  • DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.17590

Age-specific prevalence and factors associated with normal blood pressure among US adults

P Muntner, BC Jaeger, ST Hardy, K Foti, K Reynolds, PK Whelton, ….
American journal of hypertension, hpab154

N/A

2021

  • Citations: 0
  • DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpab154

Improving outcome predictions for patients receiving mechanical circulatory support by optimizing imputation of missing values

BC Jaeger, R Cantor, V Sthanam, R Xie, JK Kirklin, R Rudraraju
Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 14 (9), e007071

N/A

2021

  • Citations: 1
  • DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.120.007071

Racial Differences in Blood Pressure Control Following Stroke: The REGARDS Study

OP Akinyelure, BC Jaeger, TL Moore, D Hubbard, S Oparil, VJ Howard, ….
Stroke, STROKEAHA., 120.033108

N/A

2021

  • Citations: 0
  • DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.033108

Predicted cardiovascular risk for United States adults with diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and at least 65 years of age.

BC Jaeger, S Sakhuja, ST Hardy, OP Akinyelure, JD Bundy, P Muntner, ….
Journal of Hypertension, epub

N/A

2021

  • Citations: 0
  • DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002982

Number and timing of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring measurements

BC Jaeger, OP Akinyelure, S Sakhuja, JD Bundy, CE Lewis, Y Yano, ….
Hypertension Research, 44207

N/A

2021

  • Citations: 1
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41440-021-00717-y

Subcortical shortterm plasticity elicited by deep brain stimulation

MZ Awad, RJ Vaden, ZT Irwin, CL Gonzalez, S Black, A Nakhmani, ….
Annals of clinical and translational neurology, 8 (5), 1010-1023

N/A

2021

  • Citations: 0
  • DOI: 10.1002/acn3.51275

Maintaining Normal Blood Pressure Across the Life Course: The JHS

ST Hardy, S Sakhuja, BC Jaeger, S Oparil, OP Akinyelure, TM Spruill, ….
Hypertension, 77 (5), 1490-1499

N/A

2021

  • Citations: 2
  • DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.16278

Association Between Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Coronary Artery Calcification: The JHS

Y Zhang, JE Schwartz, BC Jaeger, J An, BK Bellows, D Clark III, ….
Hypertension, 77 (6), 1886-1894

N/A

2021

  • Citations: 0
  • DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.17064

Development and Validation of Machine Learning-Based Race-Specific Models to Predict 10-Year Risk of Heart Failure: A Multi-Cohort Analysis

MW Segar, BC Jaeger, KV Patel, V Nambi, CE Ndumele, A Correa, ….
Circulation, 143:2370–2383

N/A

2021

  • Citations: 6
  • DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.053134

Development and validation of optimal phenomapping methods to estimate long-term atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk in patients with type 2 diabetes

MW Segar, KV Patel, M Vaduganathan, MC Caughey, BC Jaeger, …
Diabetologia, 64(7):1583-1594

N/A

2021

  • Citations: 1
  • DOI: 10.1007/s00125-021-05426-2

Frailty and Post-Hospitalization Outcomes in Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

P Goyal, B Yum, P Navid, L Chen, DH Kim, J Roh, BC Jaeger, EB Levitan
The American Journal of Cardiology, 148:84-93

N/A

2021

  • Citations: 1
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.02.019

Resveratrol and exercise combined to treat functional limitations in late life: A pilot randomized controlled trial

SA Harper, JR Bassler, S Peramsetty, Y Yang, BC Jaeger, …
Experimental gerontology, 143, 111111

N/A

2021

  • Citations: 1
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2020.111111

Twenty-Five-Year Changes in Office and Ambulatory Blood Pressure: Results from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study

JD Bundy, BC Jaeger, MD Huffman, SS Knox, SJ Thomas, …
American journal of hypertension, epub

N/A

2020

  • Citations: 1
  • DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpaa189

Cardiovascular Health and Transition From Controlled Blood Pressure to Apparent Treatment Resistant Hypertension

OP Akinyelure, S Sakhuja, CL Colvin, D Clark III, BC Jaeger, …
Hypertension, 76 (6), 1953-1961

N/A

2020

  • Citations: 0
  • DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.15890

Estimated Prevalence of Masked Asleep Hypertension in US Adults

S Li, JE Schwartz, D Shimbo, P Muntner, BC Jaeger, …
JAMA cardiology, epub

N/A

2020

  • Citations: 1
  • DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.5212

Resveratrol and exercise combined to treat functional limitations in late life: A pilot randomized controlled trial

SA Harper, JR Bassler, S Peramsetty, BC Jaeger, …
Experimental gerontology, 111111

N/A

2020

  • Citations: 1
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2020.111111

When to Impute? Imputation before and during cross-validation

BC Jaeger, NJ Tierney, NR Simon
ArXiv, 2010.00718

N/A

2020

Citations: 1

Underutilization of Treatment for Black Adults With Apparent Treatment-Resistant Hypertension

AT Langford, OP Akinyelure, G Howard, BC Jaeger, …
Hypertension, 120.14836

N/A

2020

  • Citations: 3
  • DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.14836

The Use of Statistical Learning in Pediatric Research

BC Jaeger
Journal of Pediatrics, epub

N/A

2020

  • Citations: 0
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.04.005

Using Predicted Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk for Discrimination of Awake or Nocturnal Hypertension.

S Sakhuja, JN Booth III, DE Anstey, BC Jaeger, …
American Journal of Hypertension, epub

N/A

2020

  • Citations: 2
  • DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpaa099

Factors associated with breast cancer screening behaviors in a sample of Jamaican women in 2013

N Balas, H Yun, BC Jaeger, M Aung, PE Jolly
Women & Health, 8-Jan

N/A

2020

  • Citations: 0
  • DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2020.1789260

Deep neural network analyses of spirometry for structural phenotyping of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

S Bodduluri, A Nakhmani, JM Reinhardt, BC Jaeger, …
JCI insight, 5(13)

N/A

2020

  • Citations: 0
  • DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.132781

Association of Sleep Characteristics With Nocturnal Hypertension and Nondipping Blood Pressure in the CARDIA Study

SJ Thomas, JN Booth, BC Jaeger, D Hubbard, …
Journal of the American Heart Association, 9(7), e015062

N/A

2020

  • Citations: 0
  • DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.119.015062

Improving Mortality Predictions for Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support Using Follow-Up Data and Machine Learning

BC Jaeger, RS Cantor, V Sthanam, R Rudraraju
Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, 13(4), e002877

N/A

2020

  • Citations: 0
  • DOI: 10.1161/CIRCGEN.119.002877

Morning Blood Pressure Surge and Cardiovascular Disease Events and All-Cause Mortality in Blacks: The Jackson Heart Study

JN Booth, BC Jaeger, L Huang, M Abdalla, …
Hypertension, 75(3), 835-843

N/A

2020

  • Citations: 0
  • DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.119.14233

Development of Predictive Equations for Nocturnal Hypertension and Nondipping Systolic Blood Pressure

BC Jaeger, JN Booth III, M Butler, LJ Edwards, …
Journal of the American Heart Association, 9 (2), e013696

N/A

2020

  • Citations: 6
  • DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.119.013696

Wearable Technology To Reduce Sedentary Behavior And CVD Risk In Older Adults: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial

LM Roberts, BC Jaeger, LC Baptista, SA Harper, …
Clinical Interventions in Aging, Volume 2019:14 Pages 1817-1828

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 0
  • DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S222655

Oblique Random Survival Forests

BC Jaeger, DL Long, DM Long, M Sims, JM Szychowski, …
Annals of Applied Statistics, 3 (2019), 1847-1883

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 4
  • DOI: 10.1214/19-AOAS1261

Prediabetes and Risk for Cardiovascular Disease by Hypertension Status in Black Adults: The Jackson Heart Study

D Hubbard, LD Colantonio, AP Carson, S Sakhuja, BC Jaeger, …
Diabetes Care, c191074

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 21
  • DOI: 10.2337/dc19-1074

Associations of awake and asleep blood pressure and blood pressure dipping with abnormalities of cardiac structure: The CARDIA study

NA Bello, BC Jaeger, JN Booth., M Abdalla, DE Anstey, …
Journal of Hypertension, epub

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 8
  • DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002221

Prevalence of Activity Limitations and Association with Multimorbidity Among US Adults 50 to 64 Years Old

CB Bowling, L Deng, S Sakhuja, MC Morey, BC Jaeger, P Muntner
Journal of general internal medicine, pages 1-7

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 12
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11606-019-05244-8

Association of Daytime and Nighttime Blood Pressure With Cardiovascular Disease Events Among African American Individuals

Y Yano, RM Tanner, S Sakhuja, BC Jaeger, …
JAMA cardiology, 4 (9), 910-917

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 17
  • DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2019.2845

Association of Region and Hospital and Patient Characteristics with Use of High-Intensity Statins after Myocardial Infarction among Medicare Beneficiaries

V Bittner, LD Colantonio, Y Dai, M Woodward, BC Jaeger, …
JAMA Cardiology, 4 (9), 865-872

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 12
  • DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2019.2481

Sex Differences in Masked Hypertension: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study

DN Pugliese, JN Booth III, L Deng, DE Anstey, BC Jaeger, …
Journal of Hypertension, epub

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 3
  • DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002175

Blood-Flow Restriction Resistance Exercise for Older Adults with Knee Osteoarthritis: a Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial

SA Harper, LM Roberts, AS Layne, BC Jaeger, AK Gardner, …
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 8 (2), 265

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 35
  • DOI: 10.3390/jcm8020265

UAB SOPH featured article

Multimodal Intervention to Improve Functional Status in Hypertensive Older Adults: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

LC Baptista, BC Jaeger, SD Anton, AA Bavry, EM Handberg, …
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 8 (2), 196

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 5
  • DOI: 10.3390/jcm8020196

UAB SOPH featured article

Race and Sex Differences in Asleep Blood Pressure: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study

JN Booth, DE Anstey, NA Bello, BC Jaeger, DN Pugliese, …
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 21 (2), 184-192

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 14
  • DOI: 10.1111/jch.13474

An R-squared Statistic for Covariance Model Selection in the Linear Mixed Model

BC Jaeger, LJ Edwards, MJ Gurka
Journal of Applied Statistics, 46 (1), 164-184

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 4
  • DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2018.1466869

ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award

Out-of-Clinic Sympathetic Activity is Increased in Patients with Masked Uncontrolled Hypertension

M Siddiqui, EK Judd, BC Jaeger, H Bhatt, T Dudenbostel, B Zhang, …
Hypertension, 73 (1), 132-141

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 16
  • DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118.11818

CVD and Mortality in Adults Aged 60+ Years According to Recommendations by the ACC/AHA and ACP/AAFP

BC Jaeger, DE Anstey, AP Bress, JN Booth III, M Butler, D Clark III, …
Hypertension, 73 (2), 327-334

N/A

2019

  • Citations: 8
  • DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118.12291

Low Agreement Between Modified-Schwartz and CKD-EPI eGFR in Young Adults: a Retrospective Longitudinal Cohort Study

M Webster-Clark, BC Jaeger, Y Zhong, G Filler, A Alvarez-Elias, …
BMC Nephrology, 19 (1), 194

N/A

2018

  • Citations: 5
  • DOI: 10.1186/s12882-018-0995-1

Assessing Responsiveness over Time of the PROMIS Pediatric Symptom and Function Measures in Cancer, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Sickle Cell Disease

BB Reeve, LJ Edwards, BC Jaeger, PS Hinds, C Dampier, DS Gipson, …
Quality of Life Research, 27 (1), 249-257

N/A

2018

  • Citations: 32
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11136-017-1697-z

An R-squared Statistic for Fixed Effects in the Generalized Linear Mixed Model

BC Jaeger, LJ Edwards, K Das, & PK Sen
Journal of Applied Statistics, 44 (6), 1086-1105

N/A

2017

  • Citations: 221
  • DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2016.1193725

Responsiveness of PROMIS Pediatric Measures to Hospitalizations for Sickle Pain and Subsequent Recovery

C Dampier, BC Jaeger, HE Gross, V Barry, L Edwards, Y Lui, …
Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 63 (6), 1038-1045

N/A

2016

  • Citations: 44
  • DOI: 10.1002/pbc.25931

Enumerating Graph Depletions

BC Jaeger & TM Lewis
Online Journal of Analytic Combinatorics, 9, 1-17

N/A

2014

Citations: 0

R Packages

table.glue

Make and Apply Customized Rounding Specifications for Tables

N/A

2021 - 2020

obliqueRSF

Oblique random survival forest (ORSFs)

N/A

2021 - 2018

r2glmm

Compute model and semi-partial R-squared for mixed models

N/A

2021 - 2016

Presentations

Novel 24-Hour Blood Pressure Profile in Patients with Resistant Hypertension

BC Jaeger
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 73 (9 Supp. 1), 1818

N/A

2019

Citations: 0

Wearable Technology to Reduce Sedentary Behavior and Cvd Risk in Older Adults: a Pilot Trial

BC Jaeger
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 51 (6), 1004

N/A

2019

Citations: 0

Change in Metabolic and Inflammatory Biomarkers after a 24-Week Multimodal Intervention

BC Jaeger
9th International Conference on Frailty & Sarcopenia Research, Miami, FL

N/A

2019

Citations: 0

Oblique Random Survival Forests

BC Jaeger
ICSA Applied Statistics Symposium, Raleigh, NC

N/A

2019

Citations: 0

Improving mortality predictions for mechanical-circulatory-support-patients using follow-up data and machine learning

BC Jaeger
Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, 13.4 (2020): e002877

N/A

2019

Citations: 0

An R-squared Statistic for Covariance Model Selection in the Linear Mixed Model

BC Jaeger
ENAR Spring Meeting, Atlanta, GA

N/A

2018

Citations: 0

An R-squared Statistic for Covariance Model Selection in the Linear Mixed Model

BC Jaeger
Joint Statistical Meeting, Vancouver

N/A

2018

Citations: 0

Guest lectures

Reproducible reports with R

BST 655, KIRSO statistical lecture

N/A

2019

  • Applied example using data from the titanic cruise
  • Students were introduced to tibbleOne and rpriori packages

Using linear models for prediction

BST 655, BST 623

N/A

2019

  • Applied example using housing price data
  • Students introduced to bias-variance tradeoff and resampling

Introduction to Machine Learning

CCTS Friday Fellows talk, KIRSO statistical lecture, UAB SOPH programming group

N/A

2019

  • Covers core principals in machine learning
  • Applied examples using data from the Interagency registry for mechanically assisted circulatory support

Grants submitted

Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality Risk Reduction with Antihypertensive Medication for Adults with White Coat Hypertension and Masked Hypertension

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Pending, R01HL158764

Decoding Human Movements with Cortical and Subcortical Field Potentials with Directional DBS for Parkinson’s Disease

Primary Investigator: Walker, Harrison

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS
  • Pending, R01MH125925

Implementation and Accuracy Of Blood Pressure Self-Measurement In The Waiting Room

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Pending, R01HL151609

Kidney Tubule Dysfunction and Future Risk of Acute Kidney Injury

Primary Investigator: Gutierrez, Orlando M.

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to VETERANS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION
  • Pending

Incorporation of a Hypertension Working Group into the Jackson Heart Study

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Pending, R01HL117323

Effectiveness of Video Conferencing on Self-measured Blood Pressure Accuracy

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Pending, R01HL157500

NEAT X: Non-Exercise Activity Tracking & Exercise for Later Life Blood Pressure

Primary Investigator: Buford, Thomas

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Pending, R61HL156827

Determining True Versus Apparent Treatment-Resistant Hypertension Among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study

Primary Investigator: Tanner, Rikki M.D.

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Not Funded, R01HL151687

Leveraging the 24-Hour Movement Paradigm to Preserve Cognitive Function and Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) 24H-ACT Study

Primary Investigator: Gabriel, Kelley Pettee

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to Columbia University
  • Resubmitted

BECOME Study - BP Effective Control Optimization in the Morning or Evening

Primary Investigator: Howard, George

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY - NEW
  • Pending

Stroke Transomics among Africans for its Risk Reduction through Genomics of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemmorrhage: STARR-Genomics

Primary Investigator: Tiwari, Hemant

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN
  • Pending

Identification and Characterization of Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets through Multi-Omics: STARR-Multi-Omics

Primary Investigator: Tiwari, Hemant

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN
  • Pending

Data Management and Analysis Core (DMAC)

Primary Investigator: Tiwari, Hemant

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN
  • Pending

Social Determinants of Health and Blood Pressure Control in Black and White US Adults

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to American Heart Association
  • Pending

Use of Blood Pressure and Predicted Cardiovascular Disease Risk to Guide the Initiation of Antihypertensive Medication

Primary Investigator: Colantonio, Lisandro D

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to NIH - National Institutes of Health/DHHS
  • Pending

Improving the Detection of Masked Hypertension: Analysis of Pooled Population- and Community-Based Studies

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to NIH - National Institutes of Health/DHHS
  • Pending

Leveraging the 24-Hour Movement Paradigm to Preserve Cognitive Function and Prevent Alzheimer<U+0092>s disease: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) 24H-ACT Study

Primary Investigator: Gabriel, Kelley Pettee

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to Columbia University
  • Pending

Determining True Versus Apparent Treatment-resistant Hypertension Among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study

Primary Investigator: Tanner, Rikki M.D.

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Pending, R01HL159374

Body Composition Measurement Using Novel 2D Image Processing Versus Standard Techniques in a Diverse U.S. Adult Population

Primary Investigator: Nickerson, Brett

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to TEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
  • Pending

Novel Paracrine Mechanisms for Cell-Based Therapy of Injured Lung

Primary Investigator: Nickerson, Brett

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER (TYLER)
  • Pending

Regenerative Niches in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Discovered by Exosomal Proteomics for Sepsis

Primary Investigator: Jaeger, Byron C.

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
  • Pending

Use of Blood Pressure and Predicted Cardiovascular Disease Risk to Guide the Initiation of Antihypertensive Medication

Primary Investigator: Colantonio, Lisandro D

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to NIH - National Institutes of Health/DHHS
  • Resubmitted

Predicting Pediatric Transplant Outcomes using Machine Learning - A Collaboration between Physicians and Data Scientists

Primary Investigator: Rudraraju, Ramaraju

N/A

2020

  • Submitted to American Heart Association
  • Pending

Establishing Medicare Based Estimation for Cardiovascular Disease (EMBED)

Primary Investigator: Jaeger, Byron C.

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Pending, 1K01HL153624-01

Decoding Human Movements with Cortical and Subcortical Field Potentials with Directional DBS for Parkinson<U+0092>s Disease

Primary Investigator: Walker, Harrison

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to NIH - National Institutes of Health/DHHS
  • Withdrawn

Non-Traditional Blood Pressure Parameters from Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to American Heart Association
  • Not Funded

Determining True Versus Apparent Treatment-Resistant Hypertension among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study

Primary Investigator: Tanner, Rikki M.D.

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Active, R56HL151687

Implementation and Accuracy of Blood Pressure Self-measurement in the Waiting Room

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Not Funded, R01HL151609

Development of a Patient Decision Support Tool for Mechanical Circulatory Support

Primary Investigator: Kirklin, James K

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Not Funded, R01HL151843

Continuation of the Coordinating Center for the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study

Primary Investigator: Colantonio, Lisandro D

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to University of Pennsylvania
  • Active, 576894

Home Versus Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring and Falls in Older Adults

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to Kaiser Foundation
  • Not Funded

Resveratrol and Exercise to Enhance Mitochondrial Function in Older Adults

Primary Investigator: Buford, Thomas

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
  • Not Funded, F32AG066276

Automated Clinic Blood Pressure Assessment and Detection of White Coat and Masked Hypertension Study in African Americans

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to Columbia University
  • Active, 2(GG015903-01)

Angiotensin (1-7) Expressing Lactobacillus for Treating Alzheimer’s Disease

Primary Investigator: Buford, Thomas

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
  • Pending, 1R01AG068912-01

Building and InnovatinG: Digital heAlth Technology and Analytics (BIGDATA) - Methodologic Core

Primary Investigator: Redden, David T

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases/NIH/DHHS
  • Active, P30AR072583

Building and InnovatinG: Digital heALTH Technology and Analytics (BIGDATA)

Primary Investigator: Curtis, Jeffrey R

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases/NIH/DHHS
  • Active, P30AR072583

NRT-HDR Where Health Meets Data: Training Biostatisticians for the World of Big Health Data

Primary Investigator: Cofield, Stacey S

N/A

2019

  • Submitted to NSF - National Science Foundation
  • Not Funded

Home Blood Pressure and Falls Among Older Adults

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2018

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Active, R01HL147601

Automated Clinic Blood Pressure Assessment and Detection of White Coal and Masked Hypertension Study

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2018

  • Submitted to Columbia University
  • Resubmitted

Improving the Detection of Masked Hypertension: Analysis of Pooled Population-and Community-Based Studies

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2018

  • Submitted to Duke University
  • Completed, A030965

Noninvasive Biomarkers to Advance Emerging DBS Electrode Technologies in Parkinson<U+0092>s Disease

Primary Investigator: Walker, Harrison

N/A

2016

  • Submitted to National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS
  • Active, UH3NS100553

Incorporation of a Hypertension Working Group into the Jackson Heart Study

Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M

N/A

2016

  • Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
  • Active, R01HL117323

Peer review

Hypertension editorial board member

Manuscript review and statistical consultant

N/A

Present - 2019

Manuscripts reviewed: 6

Mayo Clinic statistical consultant

Manuscript review and statistical consultant

N/A

Present - 2018

Manuscripts reviewed: 52

Reviewer

Peer-reviewed journal articles

N/A

Present - 2017

  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Hypertension Research
  • Journal of human hypertension
  • Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
  • Biometrics

Mentorship

John Bassler

Graduate research assistant

N/A

Present - 2019

  • John has lead an analysis of the RESTORES trial data with Tom Buford
  • A shiny application is being developed to disseminate this research

Andrew Sims

Academic Advisor and dissertation committee member

N/A

Present - 2018

Assistance and advise with course registration and progression through graduate program

Anastasia Hartzes

Dissertation committee member

N/A

2020 - 2019

Doctorate in Biostatistics

Steve Ampah

Dissertation committee member

N/A

2020 - 2018

Doctorate in Biostatistics

Jeremiah Rastegar

BST 698

N/A

2020 - 2019

  • Jeremiah completed online and hands-on training in machine learning
  • Applied work included predictive modeling using the INTERMACS data registry

Natalie Simpkins

Honors Thesis committee member

N/A

2020 - 2019

Science and Technology Honors Program

Nora Ahmad Mohammad Balas

Dissertation committee member

N/A

2019 - 2018

  • Masters in Public Health
  • Factors associated with breast cancer screening behaviors in a sample of Jamaican women

Catherine Jones

Dissertation committee member

N/A

2018 - 2017

  • Masters in Epidemiology
  • The association between physical activity and executive functioning in obese adults

Service

Kirklin Institute of Research in Surgical Outcomes

Statistical lecturer

N/A

Present - 2017

General lectures on the design and implementation of machine learning analyses

Diversity committee

Member

N/A

2019 - 2018

  • We are committed to fostering a community and culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion.
  • As faculty, staff, and students in the UAB School of Public Health, we will ensure that in our pursuit of excellence in education, research, and service, that we embody our mission and our values in all that we do.